Robert Grigg
Biographic Data
| ID | 1064602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Grigg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Grigg |
| SIGNATURE | GRIGG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Invincible Ambiguity
Relativism and Pictorial Realism
Inconsistency and Lassitude
It has usually been held that the shield emblems in the Notitia Dignitatum (Not. Dig.) were based upon an official pictorial register or pattern book, containing the unit emblems of the late Roman army. Thought to have been based upon an official source, as the text was, the shield emblems of the Not. Dig. are imagined to have been accurate in the original manuscript. It was only later, according to this view, that errors crept in during the tran…
Portrait-bearing Codicils in the Illustrations of the Notitia Dignitatum
To judge from written sources, by about the year 300 imperial portraits painted on wooden panels must have been common. Yet only one example has survived to represent them. Portraits of emperors and empresses painted on wooden panels are not the only underrepresented imperial portraits. Imperial portraits were used to decorate an unexpected variety of objects, including consular sceptres, curule chairs, gabled pediments, triumphal togae , reed ca…
Aniconic Worship and the Apologetic Tradition
It is well known that the spokesmen for the early Christian church were hostile to religious images. 1 They regarded the Old Testament prohibition against images (Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 5:8) as binding upon Christians. 2 But even though Christian apologists like Clement of Alexandria and Origen cited the authority of this prohibition, 3 they defended the aniconic worship of Christians from pagan attack by borrowing heavily from pagan writers. T…
The Constantinian Friezes
THE CONSTANTINIAN FRIEZES: INFERRING INTENTIONS FROM THE WORK OF ART Get access Robert Grigg Robert Grigg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 10, Issue 1, January 1970, Pages 3–10, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/10.1.3 Published: 01 January 1970
Portrait-bearing Codicils in the Illustrations of the Notitia Dignitatum
To judge from written sources, by about the year 300 imperial portraits painted on wooden panels must have been common. Yet only one example has survived to represent them. Portraits of emperors and empresses painted on wooden panels are not the only underrepresented imperial portraits. Imperial portraits were used to decorate an unexpected variety of objects, including consular sceptres, curule chairs, gabled pediments, triumphal togae , reed ca…
Inconsistency and Lassitude
It has usually been held that the shield emblems in the Notitia Dignitatum (Not. Dig.) were based upon an official pictorial register or pattern book, containing the unit emblems of the late Roman army. Thought to have been based upon an official source, as the text was, the shield emblems of the Not. Dig. are imagined to have been accurate in the original manuscript. It was only later, according to this view, that errors crept in during the tran…
The Constantinian Friezes
THE CONSTANTINIAN FRIEZES: INFERRING INTENTIONS FROM THE WORK OF ART Get access Robert Grigg Robert Grigg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 10, Issue 1, January 1970, Pages 3–10, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/10.1.3 Published: 01 January 1970
Aniconic Worship and the Apologetic Tradition
It is well known that the spokesmen for the early Christian church were hostile to religious images. 1 They regarded the Old Testament prohibition against images (Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 5:8) as binding upon Christians. 2 But even though Christian apologists like Clement of Alexandria and Origen cited the authority of this prohibition, 3 they defended the aniconic worship of Christians from pagan attack by borrowing heavily from pagan writers. T…
Portrait-bearing Codicils in the Illustrations of the Notitia Dignitatum
To judge from written sources, by about the year 300 imperial portraits painted on wooden panels must have been common. Yet only one example has survived to represent them. Portraits of emperors and empresses painted on wooden panels are not the only underrepresented imperial portraits. Imperial portraits were used to decorate an unexpected variety of objects, including consular sceptres, curule chairs, gabled pediments, triumphal togae , reed ca…
Inconsistency and Lassitude
It has usually been held that the shield emblems in the Notitia Dignitatum (Not. Dig.) were based upon an official pictorial register or pattern book, containing the unit emblems of the late Roman army. Thought to have been based upon an official source, as the text was, the shield emblems of the Not. Dig. are imagined to have been accurate in the original manuscript. It was only later, according to this view, that errors crept in during the tran…
Relativism and Pictorial Realism
Invincible Ambiguity
Art (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (2 works) · Historical Art and Culture Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works)